Ports: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz,
Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico,
Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Merchant marine:
total: 59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 949,271 GRT/1,340,595 DWT

ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, container 7,
liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4

Airports:
total: 2,055
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 82
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 75
with paved runways under 914 m: 1,262
with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 60
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 539

@Mexico:Communications

Telephone system: 6,410,000 telephones; highly developed system with
extensive microwave radio relay links; privatized in December 1990
local: adequate phone service for business and government, but, at a
density of less than 7 telephones/100 persons, the population is
poorly served
intercity: includes 120 domestic satellite terminals and an extensive
network of microwave radio relay links
international: 5 INTELSAT (4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) earth
stations; connected into Central America Microwave System; launched
Solidarity I satellite in November 1993

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 679, FM 0, shortwave 22
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 238
televisions: NA

@Mexico:Defense Forces

Branches: National Defense (includes Army and Air Force), Navy
(includes Marines)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 23,354,445; males fit for
military service 17,029,788; males reach military age (18) annually
1,054,513 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

@Micronesia, Federated States Of:Geography

Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 702 sq km
land area: 702 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of
Washington, DC
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk), Yap, and Kosrae

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 6,112 km

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